Door-hasp.



P. FARWELL.

Doos. HAsP. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 1913.

1,082,938, Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

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Specication of ietters Patent.

Application led March 21', 1913. Serial N o. 755,867'.

To all cli/0m it may concern.'

Be it known that I, PULASKI F ARWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lakemills, in the county of Jefferson and State of lllisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door- Hasps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in combined hasps and latches, and the especial object of the improvements embodied in this application for pat-ent is to provide a device of the character stated in which it is necessary before disengaging the hasp or latch from the keeper to turn it at right angles to the position it occupies when in the latched or engaged position.

A further object of my improvements is to provide a hasp and keeper so arranged that there will be little movement or shaking of the respective parts when in their operative or engaged position.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a hasp and keeper adapted to be used with an ordinary padlock or with a common type of car seal.

Other and general objects of my improvements relate to simplicity of design, economy of manufacture and adaptability in use.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of my application forpatent, I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention in the following views Figure l shows in front elevation sections of a door and door frame equipped with my improved latch and hasp, the parts shown in their operative or latching positions; Fig. 2 is a view in end elevation showing the hasp and keeper in engaged or operative position,

and showing also the application of a car seal of well known form, and Fig. 3 is an end elevation showing the position which the hasp must take for insertion in and removal from the keeper.`

Referring to the details of the drawing, 5 and 9 represent respectively, portions of a car door and jamb to which my improved hasp and keeper are applied.

The reference numeral 7 represents a staple formed with an eye 7a, at one end through which the attaching screw 6 passes.

8 represents the body portion of my improved hasp in the pivoted or hinged end of which is an opening 8a which is engaged by the staple 7. The hasp is formed in the conventional angular shape shown, that is,

with a locking or latching tongue 8b in which there is` an elongated rectangular opening SC, and the outer corner of the hasp body is rounded as at'Sd. The keeper is secured to the door jamb 9 by a screw l0 which passes through a suitable opening in the upper part of the keeper and by stud ll which is preferably formed integral with the body of the keeper and extends from the rear face of the latter, asshown in Fig. 3. The keeper consists of a single cast-ing the body of which is represented by the reference character 12, and the central portion l2a is extended laterally, as shown in Fig. l. Projecting outwardly from the face of the keeper plate are two lugs 12b, 12C, which are arranged in vertical alinement with each other and correspond in general shape and functions. The member 12b projects outwardly and downwardly, and is pierced transversely by a hole 12d. The member l2c extends outwardly and upwardly from the lower portion of the body of the keeper and is pierced by an opening 12e. rlhe openin l2e `is adapted to receive the hasp of the padlock as indicated by 18 in dotted lines in Fig. vl. It is also adapted to receive in association with the opening 12d in the memberlQb with a car seal ribbon device 14 of well known form, as shown in Fig. 3. The upper and inner edge of the member 12C is formed with a curved surface l2g and a straight surface 12i. The opposed and corresponding surfaces of the member 12b are represented by the reference characters l2f7 12h, respectively. The edges 12h, l2i, form the outer ends of the members 12b, 12C, and are separated by a slight interval which forms the throat through which t-he hasp must pass in entering the larger opening formed by the spaced curved edges 12?, 12g, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The relative proportions of the member l2", the tongue 8b of the hasp, and the opening 8c in the latter are such that when the hasp is in its operative or latching position there is but little vertical play between the member 12C and the upper and lower edges of the opening 8 The interval or gap between the curved and converging edges lZf, 12g, at its widest portion which is next the face l2a of the keeper, is such that practically no vertical movement of the hasp will be possible even though the opening 8c was longer than is shown, hence any attempt to pull the latch outwardly while in a vertical Patentednee. so, i913.

position would be resisted by the edges 121i, 12g, hence in order to disengage the hasp from the keeper it is necessary to partially turn it on its longitudinal axis as indicated by dotted lines, Fig. 4L, until t-he hasp is brought to a horizontal position which will permit it to be drawn in a horizontal plane through the throat between the edges 12h, 1:2i, such posit-ion being indicated infull lines in Fig. 4. This turning of the hasp on its longitudinal axis is permitted by the loose engagement of the staple 7 at the hinged or pivoted end of t-he hasp, the staple being formed on a true arc, as shown in Fig. 2.

It will be noted that my improved hasp and latch including the means for fastening it at its hinged or pivoted end, and the keeper consists of but three members besides two attaching screws, thus simplifying and cheapening the construction. It is obvious that by making the stud 11 integral with the keeper plate 12, it would be impossible to remove the keeper when in its operative position, that is to say, when engaged by the hasp 8 even though the screw be removed. 'Ihese features of construction and arrangement especially adapt my invention for use in locking car doors, though it is also adapted for any use where an effective latch and hasp is desired.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, is

1. In a latching device, a hasp comprising a body portion adapted to be pivotally connected at one end and having a tongue at its free end provided with an elongated slot, and a keeper having opposed lugs with a throat between the outer ends of said lugs through which the hasp may be passed, one

of said lugs adapted to be engaged by said opening in the tongue of the hasp, said lugs being so arranged as to prevent vertical movement of said hasp while permitting the latter to be partially rotated on its longitudinal axis for the purpose set forth.

2. In a latching device, a hasp having a body portion adapted to be pivotally connected at one end and having at its other end an angularly projecting tongue provided with an elongated opening therein, and a keeper having an upwardly extending vertical lug adapted to be engaged by the opening in said tongue and to prevent vertical movement of said hasp while so engaged, said keeper also having a downwardly extending vertical lug arranged opposite and in the same vertical plane with the first mentioned lug, and each of said lugs having an opening therein adapted to receive a locking device to bridge the throat between the opposed lugs.

3. In a latching device, a hasp adapted to be pivoted at one end and having an integral angularly extending tongue at its opposite end, said tongue provided with an elongated opening therein, and a keeper adapted to be engaged by said hasp Vand tongue, said keeper having opposed hookshaped lugs arranged in a vertical plane and having a restricted throat therebetween, said lugs also adapted to permit the hasp to be turned on its longitudinal axis.

Intestimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WM. HAROLD EICHELMAN, M. A. MILoRD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington', D. G. 

